Behavioral health

Behavioral health refers to the medical practice of taking care of patients’ mental health care. Mental health care refers to the treatment and care of diseases like depression, anxiety and many more. Treatment often involves some form of psychotherapy.

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Comprehensive mental health care in Largo, Florida

Becoming the healthiest version of yourself includes care of your mental and emotional well-being as much as your physical health.

The Behavioral Health Services at Largo Medical Center's Indian Rocks Road campus is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care. We offer support and an array of treatment options to help you improve your mental health.

If you need to talk to someone or need a physician referral, please call our 24-hour Access Response Help Line at (844) 423-4283.

Mental health conditions we treat

We specialize in treating a variety of mental health issues, including:

Anxiety disorders

Anxiety

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Mood disorders

Depression

Bipolar disorder

Thoughts of self-injury or suicide

Thought disorders

Schizoaffective disorder

Schizophrenia

Other issues

Grief

Life stress or trauma

Relationship difficulties

Our behavioral health services

All of our behavioral health units provide quality care through a combination of services.

We offer 81 dedicated beds, both inpatient and outpatient programs, various therapies, treatment planning and medication management—all structured and designed as a custom form of treatment to meet each individual's specific needs. As you plan to leave our facility and programs, we also provide post-treatment services, such as individualized discharge planning and post-discharge wellness checks.

If you or someone you know may benefit from our behavioral health inpatient services or if you have questions, please contact our compassionate staff at (844) 423-4283.

Our General Adult Psychiatry Unit

Our 33-bed inpatient general adult psychiatry unit is designed to help reduce the symptoms that caused your current crisis. Our focus is on helping you cope with daily stressors, improve your emotion well-being and develop a healthy lifestyles so you can alleviate future mental health crises.

The features of this program include:

Voluntary or involuntary admission

Integrated, structured therapeutic setting

Treatment of an exacerbation of symptoms of a mental illness or co-occurring disorder

The Retreat

This 14-bed unit provides treatment for those in need of acute psychiatric care. As part of a patient's individualized treatment plan, they will be assigned to a private room for personal comfort, and clinical care is provided in the least restrictive and intensive setting necessary.

Additionally, we offer cognitive behavioral therapy at The Retreat to help you more easily cope by reprogramming your thoughts and framing your issues and challenges in healthier ways.

At The Retreat, our goal is to help you develop necessary coping skills to manage the stressors and symptoms of your mental health disorder. We will work with you to ensure a successful transition back into the community with the appropriate services to alleviate future mental health crises.

Psychiatric ER

This four-bed psychiatric ER unit operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and we provide immediate mental health support We have a psychiatrist available at all times for consultation.

Our support is safe, confidential, non-judgmental and respectful.

Our Crisis Unit offers:

Face-to-face evaluation

Crisis intervention and stabilization

Psychiatric evaluation and assessment

Psychiatric disposition and referral

Our Senior Care Unit

This 24-bed unit provides care to our senior population, ages 55+. The staff members on this unit are certified and provide sensory-oriented treatment and additional assistance with activities of daily living.

Our Medical Behavioral Unit

This 6-bed medical unit provides care for patients with a primary medical diagnosis, with a secondary psychiatric. Psychiatric consult is necessary for admission, and all nurses on this unit are telemetry certified.

Our outpatient behavioral health programs

If you or someone you know may benefit from our outpatient behavioral health services or if you have questions, please contact our Transitions staff today at (727) 588-5261.

Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)

In this outpatient program, you are provided a safe, therapeutic environment while working with staff to encourage and promote recovery.

This program can serve as an initial point of care, a step up from routine outpatient services or a step down from an inpatient stay or residential care.

Group therapy is offered and focuses on coping skills, assertiveness skills, goal-setting and co-occurring disorders. In this program, you will receive three hours of treatment daily for three days a week and are seen by a psychiatrist.

Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)

Group members participate in four groups each day with an emphasis on mental health and coping. The groups focus on a variety of subjects designed to foster understanding and management of symptoms in a more effective manner.

Individuals receive ongoing monitoring and treatment from a psychiatrist, registered nurse and licensed therapist. Lunch is provided during the program, along with some light snacks and coffee.

24-Hour Access Response Center Help Line

Our Access Response Center Help Line is answered 24 hours per day, seven days per week by registered nurses who are knowledgeable about behavioral health and the community resources available during a mental health crisis.

The goal of the 24-Hour Help Line is to help place anyone seeking inpatient psychiatric treatment to the appropriate programs, services or units as efficiently as possible.

This assistance:

Reduces the anxiety which may come along with seeking services

Reduces the exacerbation of symptoms which may occur during long wait times

Maximizes a smooth transition between departments and providers

Services offered by the 24-Hour Help Line include:

An initial patient screening

Complete patient intake to determine if admission is required

Room assignment, if admission is required

Admission authorization from insurance provider

Coordination of patient transportation

Referral to outside resources

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a safe, efficient and effective way to relieve symptoms of depression and other psychiatric illnesses. ECT is a far more effective treatment compared to antidepressant medication and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).

We are pleased to provide this cutting-edge, life-saving treatment to those in need. ECT is performed on an outpatient and inpatient basis. Pre-ECT preparation takes approximately 30 minutes and post-ECT observation may take 30 minutes to an hour. The ECT treatment itself takes about 10 minutes.

You can notice improvement within one to two treatments. You would typically have ECT sessions three times per week. The total number of individual treatments average around 12.

Although ECT is extremely safe, you must be medically screened and cleared before receiving ECT treatment. This procedure is a recommended treatment option for you if you: